Satellite Data Engineer: Modernize Geospatial Pipelines

StormGeo Company; Bergen; Hybrid; NOK 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

International development opps.

Global mission

Job summary

StormGeo is seeking a Data Engineer to build and modernize data pipelines powering satellite-based solutions. You will work at the intersection of satellite data and data engineering, improving data quality and reliability while shaping platforms for current products and future needs.

You will join an international, collaborative team valuing curiosity, clear communication, and practical problem-solving. The role is based in Norway with potential to work from Bergen or Oslo, and open to

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/DE/Atmospheric/Geoscience or related field.
• 3+ years of programming or data engineering with large-scale satellite/geospatial data.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Experience designing and operating data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Prefect or Airflow.
• Experience with UNIX/Linux systems and scripting.
• Knowledge of satellite/geospatial formats (NetCDF, HDF, GeoTIFF, COG, Shapefile, GeoParquet, GRIB).
• Experience with GDAL, SNAP, Xarray, Rasterio.
• Experience with Git, unit testing and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve and modernize backend processes for satellite imagery and geospatial data.
• Design, develop and optimize scalable satellite data pipelines.
• Build and maintain reliable ETL workflows and orchestration.
• Ingest, transform, validate and catalogue large volumes of satellite data.
• Align data platforms with business objectives and product requirements.
• Develop scripts and services that integrate satellite data into StormGeo products.
• Monitor pipelines and troubleshoot to ensure 24/7 data delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering, meteorology, product and operations.
• Share knowledge and contribute to a supportive team culture.
• Improve software quality through testing, documentation and code reviews.

Skills

Python

SQL

English comms

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DE/Atmospheric/Geoscience

Tools

Prefect

Airflow

UNIX/Linux

GDAL

Xarray

Rasterio

Job description

StormGeo is seeking a Data Engineer to build and modernize data pipelines powering satellite-based solutions. You will work at the intersection of satellite data and data engineering, improving data quality and reliability while shaping platforms for current products and future needs.

You will join an international, collaborative team valuing curiosity, clear communication, and practical problem-solving. The role is based in Norway with potential to work from Bergen or Oslo, and open to